Trump postpones decision on allowing import of elephant parts
by Julia Carrie Wong and Edward Helmore from Environment | The Guardian on (#38A79)
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Donald Trump said he would delay his administration's decision to allow the importing of elephant body parts from Zimbabwe "until such time as I review all conservation facts".
The postponement came just one day after the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) indicated it would reverse an Obama administration ban on importing elephant hunting trophies from Zimbabwe and Zambia.
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